Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-21
RAILROAD
Arrest Of Hundreds Of Rascally Conductors and
Brakemen.

Dispatches from Pittsburg: The officers
! Of the Panhandle railroad will soon have
in custody a most desperate lang OF rail-
road robbers. How many men belong to
the gang is not known, but they run up
into the hundreds. Their stealing
extended over a period OF two
or three years. simultaneously ar
rests were made all along the line OF the
Panhandle road between here and Colum.
bus. Warrants have been in the hands Of
officers for some time, and the persons ar
rested comprise nearly the entire freight
men Of the line. They include conduct
ors, freightmen. engineers and firemen.
The first arrests were made bou 2
O'Clock in the morning, the police surprising
is men at their boarding houses. BY day
light As men, all railroad employees, con-
ductors, b~rakemen, firemen and engineers,
were behind the bars. In speaking oil the
| arrests a prominent officer OF the Panhan-
die road said;
For three years the Panhandle road has
been systematically robbed. Cars on
sidings and cars on moving trains were
broken open and goods stolen. including
every description OF merchandise. 1t is
estimated that at least $500, 600 worth OF
goods were taken, for which the company
had to pay. In August last he got II clue,
and the company determined to push it TO
the end. Detectives wero employed who
followed up every scent, and finally we had
the information on which to proceed.
When everything was ready we decided to
make a movement all ~alongthe line from
Columbus to Pittsburg. About eighty
warrants were issued for men In Pittsburg.
Nothing like IL ever happened before.
At one o'clock ten more arrests
were reported. They were captured at the
pay car while receiving their wages. This
makes a tot al OF ffty-six, now in Jail
A telegram from Dennison Ohio, states
that J. X. Dunlap, the leader OF the gang,
was arrested there. The following are the
names of most oil the parties in Jail:
Conductors John Hastings, H. MacRob'
erts, j. p. Brennan, l.. Black, ii. X. Kuhn,
Thomas Q. Shay, T. j.. Hanley, William
Isett, James Watson, Charles shanks, G,
Langacre, Clyde Laughlin; Brakemen j,
F. Haggerty. Robert Mackey, NJ. c. Con
nelly, George S. Chrier, S. Goodman,
j. A. Fisher, w. T. Lavelle, Thorn
as Vincent, A. L. Collins, William r.
Bowles, John A. Bowser. Michael
Joyce, w. c.. Martin, George Morris,
T. o. Gutshall, A. Griftiths, NJ. b. Doyle,
John Donayan, John Martin, William
Roth, John Sweeney, T. w. Abers, ]. w.
Richey. William Briggs, John Kirkwood,
y, r. Wr1ght, y. l.. taylor, n W. hlcouhe,
H, c. Thompson, j. I. Kinney, Michael
Reilly, Thomas Long, Samuel Fitch, james
L. Young.
Seven more arrests have been made, but
the names have not yet been recorded,
Nearly 200 warrants are still out.
Fires were in progress all day all along
the line OF the Panhandle road, made upo
stuff out of the caboose cars that the evil
dence of things notseen may be wanting
when the trial comes. Freight rains have
hauled up at water stations and a delay
made till the caboose was swept and garnish'
ed and ia doing so evidence has been procur,
ed against unsupported railroad men. AL,
most every man arrested had from one to
ten pawn tickets on his person. 1t is al
legged that every pawn shep in the two
cities is represented on the tickets.